MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
e-learning are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Moldova to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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